Melbourne defender Tom McDonald has been rewarded for his important role in the Demons’ second win of the season with the round 13 nomination for the AFL Rising Star award. …
In-form Australian Marcus Fraser was among 10 golfers to earn spots in next month’s British Open at the qualifying competition at Sunningdale on Monday. Fraser – who was beaten in …
James Morrison earned his first trip to the British Open as the medallist on Monday among 10 players who qualified at Sunningdale. England’s Morrison had rounds of 63 and 68 …
Montpellier president Louis Nicollin claims Arsenal have completed the signing of France forward Olivier Giroud. Giroud, part of Laurent Blanc’s Euro 2012 squad who were knocked out by Spain in …
Samantha Stosur has hailed her first-round Wimbledon win as one of her best grasscourt performances in years. In a highly impressive display of controlled power, Stosur clubbed 19 winners to …
Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic has joined six-time champion Roger Federer in the second round at Wimbledon after both enjoyed comfortable wins over Spanish opponents on Monday. Djokovic …
Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade believes Australia have the fast bowling firepower to trouble England’s in-form top order in their five-match one-day series starting on Friday at Lord’s. England have won their …
World No.1 Maria Sharapova declared her comeback complete as she opened her quest for a second Wimbledon crown with a routine straight-sets win over Australian Anastasia Rodionova. While five-times champion …
Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has insisted he is concentrating on arrivals rather than departures in the summer transfer market. The 50-year-old has spent the weeks since the end of the …
John Ruddy is looking forward to hitting more highs with Norwich after agreeing to a new four-year deal at Carrow Road. Ruddy, 25, impressed for the Canaries on their return …
World No.1 Maria Sharapova swept into the second round at Wimbledon with a 6-2 6-3 victory over Australia’s Anastasia Rodionova on Monday. Sharapova was playing for the first time since …
Joey Barton has vowed to bounce back from his 12-match ban and help push QPR up the English Premier League table after accepting he deserved to be stripped of the …
Nuwan Kulasekara and Suraj Randiv combined to vanquish Pakistan as Sri Lanka won the first Test by a massive 209 runs on Monday, their biggest win over their Asian rivals. …
Top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon second round on Monday with a 6-3 6-3 6-1 win over Spain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero. Djokovic, playing for the first …
Five-time champion Venus Williams suffered her worst Wimbledon defeat in 15 years on Monday, slumping to a first-round exit at the hands of Russia’s Elena Vesnina. Williams lost 6-1 6-3 …
Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq defied Sri Lanka during a fifth-wicket stand of 151 as Pakistan fought for survival in the first Test in Galle on Monday. The tourists, set …
Timana Tahu rolled back the years on Monday with a hat-trick of tries to help Newcastle end a run of five straight NRL defeats with a 38-20 win over Wests …
Queens Park Rangers stripped Joey Barton of the captaincy and fined him six weeks’ wages on Monday for his violent conduct against Manchester City players in the final round of …
